A Companion to the Global Early Middle Ages / / ed. by Erik Hermans.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Bender, Ross,; Davis, Jennifer R.,; Decker, Michael J.,; Doney, Lewis,; Drompp, Michael R.,; D’Haeseleer, Tineke,; Hall, Kenneth R.,; Hatke, George,; Hermans, Erik,; Horton, Mark,; Magnavita, Sonja,; McBride, Richard D.,; McKillop, Heather,; Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes,; Rezakhani, Khodadad,; Sarris, Peter,; Smith, Richard L.,; Summerhayes, Glenn R.,; Whitmore, John K.,
• HerausgeberIn: Hermans, Erik,
• Place / Publishing House: Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Companions
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (576 p.)

This companion introduces the connections between early medieval societies that have previously been studied in isolation. By bringing together nineteen experts on different regions across the globe, from Oceania to Europe and beyond, it transcends conventional disciplinary boundaries and synthesizes parallel historiographical narratives. The period 600-900 CE witnessed important historical developments, such as the establishment of a Southeast Asian thalassocracy by the Shailendra dynasty and the expansion of the Frankish polity under Charlemagne on the far ends of Eurasia and the consolidation of the Abbasid and Tang empires in between. A Companion to the Global Early Middle Ages integrates these contemporaneous processes and presents new insights into a neglected phase of world history.

This companion introduces the connections between early medieval societies that have previously been studied in isolation. By bringing together nineteen experts on different regions across the globe, from Oceania to Europe and beyond, it transcends conventional disciplinary boundaries and synthesizes parallel historiographical narratives.[-][-]The period 600-900 CE witnessed important historical developments, such as the establishment of a Southeast Asian thalassocracy by the Shailendra dynasty and the expansion of the Frankish polity under Charlemagne on the far ends of Eurasia and the consolidation of the Abbasid and Tang empires in between. *A Companion to the Global Early Middle Ages* integrates these contemporaneous processes and presents new insights into a neglected phase of world history.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART ONE: REGIONS -- Chapter 1. East Africa -- Chapter 2. South Asia -- Chapter 3. Southeast Asia -- Chapter 4. Oceania -- Chapter 5. Japan -- Chapter 6. Korea -- Chapter 7. China -- Chapter 8. Tibet -- Chapter 9. Inner Asia -- Chapter 10. West Asia -- Chapter 11. Byzantium -- Chapter 12. Northeast Africa -- Chapter 13. Sahara and West Africa -- Chapter 14. Western Europe -- Chapter 15. Mesoamerica -- PART TWO: PROCESSES -- Chapter 16. Trade and Commerce -- Chapter 17. Migration -- Chapter 18. Climate and Disease -- Chapter 19. Intellectual Connectivity -- Index